McQueen’s exhibition at the Met broke records, created 6 hour wait and makes the Met Top ten list according to the Wall Street Journal. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the official results of its blockbuster McQueen exhibit “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” which ran from May 4 to Aug 7. A total of 661,509 visitors attended the exhibition, and more than 23,000 new members signed up during the run. By opening the exhibit on eight Mondays, when the museum is traditionally closed, the Met drew an additional 17,000 people; entry on those Mondays cost $50.
A wait of nearly almost 6 hours, made the exhibit the eight most-visited show in the Met’s 141-year history, and the highest-attended exhibit created by the Costume Institute, which joined the museum in 1946. Before the McQueen exhibit, the top-ranked Costume Institute show was 2008’s “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy,” which welcomed 576,000 visitors.
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